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Episode: The Mark Carney Moment, Canada’s New Global Role
Description: In this episode of Mid-Atlantic, Roifield Brown sits down with Canadian political commentator and host of The O Show, Laura Babcock, to dissect Canada’s unexpected political upheaval and its new identity on the world stage. With Mark Carney now prime minister, what was once unimaginable has become policy: a technocratic, globally respected leader is now seen by many Canadians as their country’s best defense against the growing unpredictability of the United States under Donald Trump.Babcock explains how Trump’s revived “51st state” rhetoric and a separatist push from Alberta have shaken Canadian politics out of its...